PhantomJB93 wrote:I say Pop, although down here at school at dining halls/restaurants I force myself to say "soda" because most of the time they have no idea what I mean by "pop" and I get tired of explaining it.

My roommates know that if I ever find non-Heinz ketchup in our fridge it will literally be thrown away with no questions asked.

Nearly my entire wardrobe consists of either Steelers, Pens, or Pirates t-shirts/jerseys or Virginia Tech gear. I pretty much live by the sports t-shirt and shorts look.

If I get a burger/sandwich with fries I put the fries on it.

I don't have the accent and rarely say yinz but I will say things like jagger-bush, gumband, slippy, leave out "to be," and as I already said pop.

May sound stupid but I drink Rolling Rock a lot because my dad got it a lot back home before it was a national brand and it reminds me of home.

I say "jagger bush" and "jagoff." I think jagoff is a fabulous word. I never said "slippy" or "gumband" ever, even back home, although my grandma said "slippy."

A good bit of the U.S. says "pop." All of my friends from Canada and Chicago (and elsewhere in the Midwest) all say "pop."

shafnutz05 wrote:I am 100% soda, and have been for as long as I can remember. "Pop" always sounded weird to me, like a word you would say as a kid but gets to be a little unacceptable as you grow older.

I'm betting you lost the 'pop' phrase in the service.

That's where I lost it anyway. The first time i said 'pop' in basic training I thought the guy "behind the line" was going to throw something at me.

shafnutz05 wrote:I am 100% soda, and have been for as long as I can remember. "Pop" always sounded weird to me, like a word you would say as a kid but gets to be a little unacceptable as you grow older.

Saying "pop" out here has been surprisingly funny and enjoyable for me over the years.

AlexPKeaton wrote:Polka dancing needs to make a comeback. If I had the money I would open a polish version of Hofbrahaus only have a live Polka band every night.

I like being drunk and "singing," "We're from that town with that great football team! We cheer the Pittsburgh Steelers!" dancing like an idiot, and then forgetting the words. I so wanted to sneak this in our wedding reception repertoire, but I might have been heading toward divorce before the reception was even over. LOL!

My brother in law had a polka band for his entire wedding. It was the most fun I have had at a wedding ever. I wish I would have thought of this for my wedding, far far far superior to a DJ.

Glad someone brought up Phar-Mor. I used to get all my Panini hockey and baseball stickers there. And there used to be a couple GC Murphy's that always carried a ton of baseball cards.

I sarcastically use the word "Yinz" all the time with my buddies. But, since I deal with clients all over the country I try to avoid using any Pittsburgh accent when I talk to them, but I'm sure it slips from time to time

One thing I noticed between living in South Carolina and Pittsburgh is that there were very few Mom-and-Pop pizza shops and no Mom-and-Pop ice cream shops. I don't know if that's a big Pittsburgh thing but it seems they are everywhere here.